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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1918
Page
6
A clipped notice from an Iowa newspaper outlines subscription terms and carrier delivery details. It mentions Watered at the Postoffice in Fairfield and identifies standard mail matter classifications.
German high command channels all efforts to dislocate the British forces in northern France with six armies. The push aims to sever British and French communications and force a British evacuation of the area. British and French counterattacks slow the German advance as Amiens remains a focal point in the fighting. Hangard village was recaptured with prisoners taken in ongoing clashes.
A Chicago dated notice from Maj A Wallace Owen urges Western division support for British Canadian recruiting offices. It echoes Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig urging more volunteers to fight in Flanders and other fronts. The call seeks active help from defense groups, churches, industries, and individuals to identify men fit to enlist.
The tenth annual Tri-State track and field meet will be held May 11 at Alumni Field. Parsons College hosts a high school invitation meet drawing top area teams including this year from southeastern Iowa and Des Moines. New events this year include the javelin and the medley relay race.
Blackhawk township's No. 9 school becomes the county's fifteenth standard school with Mrs June Gire and Etna Mitchell guiding the effort. A new teachers desk marks the final improvement as students and staff celebrate progress. Grant Jacobs wins pig club championship after correcting Dale Dalmer's earlier claim and shares his detailed project narrative and club reflections.
Pollyanna Baugher born June 20 1902 in Appleton City Missouri died April 7 after a brief illness with scarlet fever. Youngest child of H and Mrs Baugher she leaves two brothers James and John and sister Bessie plus many friends. Funeral held April 9 in Trenton Missouri under Rev Sample with burial in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Attorneys in the Harper versus Vaught case agreed to submit the matter to Judge Vermillion without argument. Judge Vermillion adjourned court until next Monday afternoon at 1 30.
Members of the White Rose club traveled to Libertyville for an all day event hosted by Mrs. Sam Duvall two miles south of town. The Queen Esther Circle Girls dined with the Young Women’s Auxiliary at the Methodist church, enjoying a six thirty picnic supper and a program with Maude Murdock singing, Fern Hewitt reading, Portia Harper on violin, Vimelia Gaumer on piano, L. T. Gobble scripture, and Mrs. W. A. Stallman leading prayer. Mrs. F. W. Burgus of Burlington spoke on Young People’s Home Missionary Work.
One township remains uncounted in the Liberty Loan campaign results for Jefferson County. Until the tally arrives, little definite information can be released. Applications received so far have surpassed the $606,000 mark.
Brookville resident Harry Gantz is in the city on business and Norvilla Switzer is ill at home on West Broadway. Burling ton visitor Ernest Swanson was here on business while John Shriner is ill at his North Third street home. Reverend S. B. Ross Miss Effie Gantz and Mrs. E. McLuen attended a Christian church convention in Centerville. Gertrude Haynes and John Overholser are reported ill with pneumonia. The body of Harry Howell will be moved from Davies funeral home to the home of Mrs. Mary Lewis on South B street for a Wednesday funeral at 4:30 p.m. in Rev. Keesey’s care. Mr. and Mrs. EF. B. Kearns and daughters Janet and Margaret of Cedar Rapids have returned home after an over Sunday visit.
A German born opera singer Frieda Hempel scheduled for Des Moines concert was cancelled after Governor Harding warned promoters he would not allow the event.
Two modern houses available for rent located on South Second and Highland Avenue. Inquiries at Wilson Art store, 308.
A community event invites all to plant trees shrubs and wildflowers at Old Settlers Park tomorrow starting 1 30 p m. Bring dinner plates cups and extra food for a family or a stranger. No charges or collections.
German plans for a Great Finland including Petrograd and a Murman railway to the Arctic are reported by the Swedish press via Copenhagen. If Germany wins the western front, the dispatch says she will wage war on Russia with Finnish aid. Japan would gain Siberia if joining the alliance.
We thank friends for kindness and sympathy at our daughter and sister's death and for the flowers. We also thank the Moose lodge for their kindness and for the flowers. Mr and Mrs H Baugher James John and Bessie Baugher.
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